Turkey Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 8,193 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; 204 km double track, 109 km electrified

Highways; 49,615 km total; 26,915 km bituminous; 16,500 km gravel or crushed stone; 4,000 km improved earth; 2,200 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: approx. 1,200 km

Pipelines: 1,288 km crude oil; 2,145 km refined products

Ports: 4 major, 8 secondary, 16 minor

Civil air: 30 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 120 total, 104 usable; 62 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways over 3,660 m, 27 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 26 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: fair domestic and international systems; trunk radio-relay network; 2.66 million telephones (5 5 per 100 popl); 16 AM, 27 FM, 252 TV stations, 2 satellite ground station antennas 1 submarine telephone cable

NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.